Holder for telephones and other articles.



C. H. BARTLETT.

HOLDER FOR TELEPHONES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-5.1912

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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C. H. BARTLETT.

HOLDER EoR TELEPHONES AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 0C T.5. I912.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. a citizen of the United'States, andresident of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex v and State ofMassachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHoldersfor Telephones and otherArticles, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

Thisinvention relates to supports for 'ar ticles such a sjtelephones,electric or other lamps, and other devices which are to be removed fromand replaced upon theirsup ports.

The object a support from which the telephone or other article can notpossibly he accidentally displaced, but from which it can be removedwhen desired as readily as though resting on a plain flat surface suchasa desk top, shelf, or chair arm or bracket.

To this end, the invention consists in a support having catches whichautomatically .engage the telephoneinstrument or other ar ticle sothat'it cannot be moved off laterally or by tilting, but which "willautomatically release the said article when the The invention furtherconsists in the improvements substant ally as hereinafter de scribed andclaimed.

' Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvedsupport in one of-its embodiments, the outer end of the bracket orattaching arm being broken away; Fig. 2 represents a vertical section ofthe same; Fig. 3 is a plan View; Figs. 1

and 5 are views similar to Fig, 1, but illus-' trating modifications,the catches 'being open.

upright guides 12, the upper ends of which extend outwardly, preferablyin curved form as shown at 13. The upper disk 11 is yieldingly movabletoward the lower one and constitutes the immediate support on which thetelephone instrument indicated BARTLETT,-

of the invention is to provide nonnna roe TELEPI-ICNES Ann -oirnEnARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent; N 23, 11915.

- Application fildOctober 5, 1912, Serial No. 724,212.

by" dotted lines in Fig. 1 normally rests when not in use. Said dottedlines may however represent a lamp or any other article. Said upper diskhas catches 14- piv oted thereto, as at 15,, said catches having loops16 which engage the guides 1'2 so that'as the upper disk the weight ofthe article placed upon it, the catches will swing inwardly to theposition 'inoves downwardly under the 1 influence of 1 shown in Fig. 1,rendering it impossible "for the article to be knocked off from its supSport. But when the article is lifted up, the guides cause the'catchesto swing outwardly to the "position shown in Fig. 2 and entirely releasethe; article; Preferably the upper' disk will be retained in the latterposition by a spring, such as presently described,"until the-article isreturned tothe support. The

ends of the catches are shownas provided with tips 17 of soft materialto prevent marring the article. lVhen the latter is an electricappliance, it is well to make. such tips of suitable insulatingmaterial. The

lower disk is shown assecured to a central socket 18, which, in turn, ssecured to one end of an arm or-bra'cket 19as bya set screw;

20. It is to beunderstood that the arm or bracket 19 is secured to anfirm support such as a desk;a special stand, or chalr arm.

A. plunger or vertical guide 21 projects from i the upper disk down intothe'socket 18 and bears on a spring 22 in the latter. Preferably the endof the bracket arm 19 isformed as a sleeve 23in which the socket 18 isremovably secured by the'set screw 20.

The plunger 21 not only serves as the connection between the spring 22andthe depressible rest 11 so that the latter will rise and release thecatches when the article is lifted, but it also acts to'guide the saidrest 11 and prevent the latter from tilting. This prevents the articlefrom being tilted off he. 09.11861161171161 one of the catches. can act'111 advance of the otherssoas to let one side of the base of thearticle rise. In other words,

all the catches must operate simultaneously or in unison, this being dueto the disk 11, which operates allthe catches, and the fact that saiddisk cannot rock or tilt so as'to permit one catch to open and let thearticle tilt.

The plunger 21 guides the rest 11 so that the latter is always parallelwith the plane of'the lower member 10, and consequently all of thecatches must open or close simultaneously and they can notopen so longas any part of the supported article remains low enough'to hold the restor disk 11 down.

lute parallelismof the members 10 and 1 1 all times, the deviation is soslight as to be negligible for many purposes. Instead of the arm beingcontinuous, it may be made of two pieces as indicated at 31, 32, in Fig.5, such two pieces beinghingedly connected at 33 and yieldinglyheldapart by a spring 34.

Having described my invention, 1 claim: 1. A device. of the. characterdescribed comprising a" support having movable catches, meansoperatedgby the placing of an article onsaid supportorlifting it therefrom for simultaneously operating said catches inwardly or outwardly,and means for guiding all of the catches to cause them to act in unisonwherebyneither catch can yield'to permittilting ofthe article on thesupport. p

2. A device of the character described comprising a support,spring-controlled means for yieldingly holding the support in a raisedposition and permitting its depression by an article deposited on it.and catches engaged with said article by the depression of the supportto prevent the article from being tilted on orremoved laterally from thesupport, and automatically moved and held out of engagement with saidarticle by the support when the article is lifted.

3. A device of the character described comprising a vertically movablearticle support, movable catches connected therewith, a lower membertoward which said support is movable under the influence of the weightof an article on the support, connections between the said lowermemberand the catches to insure simultaneous inward action of thecatches, and means for preventing either catch from moving outwardlyuntil all the catches are free from the saidarticle.

1 el. A device of the character describedv comprislng upper and lowerdlsks, the upper one being yieldingly movable toward the lower one underthe influence of the weight of an article on the upperone, a pluralityof guides caried by the lower disk, a similar.pluralityof'catchespivoted to the upper disk, and sliding connections between said catchesand guides.

5. A'device of the character described comprising upperand lower disks,the upper one being yieldingly movable toward the lower one under theinfiuence'of the weight'of an article onthe upper one, a plurality ofguides carried by the lower disk, a similar plurality of, catchespivoted to the upper disk, and sliding connections between said catchesand guides, means be' ing provided for preserving the upper and lowerdisks in parallelism. I

6. A'device of the character described comprising a socket, a springtherein, upper and lower disks, the upper disk having a plunger bearingon said spring, guides having outwardly turned upper ends carried by thelower disk, and catches pivoted to the upper disk and having sliding conCHARLES H. BARTLETT. Witnesses I I A. W; HARRIsoN, P. V. PEZZETTI.

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